A Shock When Least Expected

My husband has been laid off, effective immediately (as of last Friday).

 Now this would be less of a shock if they hadn't been telling all of the workers that they would be taking the whole crew with them to their next project. They even went so far as to push them into finding apartments/rooms/cottages to rent in the area of the project. My hubby and I went to the area two weekends ago and looked at apartments, luckily hubby is a sceptic who errs on the side of caution and refused to sign a lease until the official move had been made. A lot of the other guys, and a few girls, were not so leery however and are now stuck with year long leases in a city that they have no job in.

Of course this is not how the company planned it (they say) but it is an American company and they are having to cut through a lot of red tape to achieve what is needed here in Canada. This company has no sympathy for those workers they have left in the lurch and no projected resolution in the near future.

I have spent a lot of the last few months stocking the freezers and pantry so we should be fine. We have enough saved to get us through to the end of December and my husband has already contacted a man about some snow shoveling work. The Christmas shopping is pretty much done, only the father-in-law left, and we've been here before. "Been there, done that" as they say.

Here's to some major holiday planning that uses what we have, costs little or is free. Good thing I know how to be creative. No worries.